OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2006.034
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034
Advisory Published:      2008-08-07 21:55 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20061115.01
Issue First Created:     2006-11-15
Issue Last Modified:     2006-12-07
Issue Revision:          07


Subject Name:            Texinfo
Subject Summary:         GNU Documentation System
Subject Home:            http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Subject Versions:        * <= 4.8a

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2006-4810
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           arbitrary code execution

Description:
    Miloslav Trmac from Red Hat discovered [0] a buffer overflow in GNU
    Texinfo [1]. The flaw was found in a function used by Texinfo's
    texi2dvi(1) and texindex(1) commands. An attacker could construct
    a carefully crafted Texinfo file that could cause texi2dvi(1) or
    texindex(1) to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened.

References:
    [0] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
    [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/


Primary Package Name:    texinfo
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/texinfo

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise       E1.0-SOLID        texinfo-4.8a-E1.0.0
OpenPKG Community        2-STABLE-20061018 texinfo-4.8a-2.20061018
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           texinfo-4.8a-20061013

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise       E1.0-SOLID        texinfo-4.8a-E1.0.1
OpenPKG Community        2-STABLE-20061018 texinfo-4.8a-2.20061114
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           texinfo-4.8a-20061114